Grave-mound.



W. J. EARLY.

GRAVE MOUND.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 10. 1912.

Patented June 17, 1913.

2 SHEETHHBET L.

dz INVENTOR WITNESSES W. J. EARLY.

GRAVE MOUND.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.10, 1912.

1,065,1 19, Patented June 17, 1913.

2 SHBETSfiHEET 2. &9 61513 J8 J5 2; J WITNESSES Ewiig INVENTOR ATTO R NEY To all whom, it may concern UNITED sra'ri zs PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAIVI J. EARLY, F CATAWISSA, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF'TOBERNARD SCHEVE, JR., OF CATAWISSA, MISSOURI.

' GRAVE-MOUND.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed September 10, 1912.

Be it known that I, WI LIA J. EAnLr, a

citizen of the United States,-residing at .Calawissa, in the county of Franklinjand State of Missouri. have invented'a new and useful GraveMound,- of which the following is a specification.

The inventionrelates to improvements in gravemounds. v

The. object of the present invention is .to improve thev constructionofgrave mounds, and to provide asimple, ornamental and inexpensive-grave mound, constructed, of slabsof plastic material, andadapted to be read ilyassembled and arranged over agrave to form a:'perma'n'entmound, and to provide an inclosed bed for'flowers and otherplants.

With these and other objects in View, the

invention consists in the construction and novel combination of partshereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings,and'pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood thatvarious changes in the form, proportion, size andminor details ofconstruction, within the gscope of the claims, may be resorted towith-,outfdeparting fromjthe spirit or' sacrificing any of the advantages ofthe invention.

In the drawings 3 Figure 1' is a perspective view of a grave mound,constructed 1n ac cordance with this invention. Fig. 2 1s a verticallongitudinal sectional view of the plates.

- responding parts same, Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional View of thegrave mound. Fig. 4: is a central transverse sectional. view of the.mound. Fig, 5 is a detail horizontal sectional view on the line 55ofFig. 2. Fig. 6 isa detail perspective view 'ofone of the corner braces.Fig. 7 .is .a similar view of one of the splice Patented June 17, 1913.

SerialNo. 719,688.

and having their heads embedded in .the

plastic material, Suitable recesses 9 are formed for the heads of thebolts or screws and are afterward filled-with plastic 111:1- terial toprovide smooth exterior faces, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 2, 3 and5 of the accompanying drawings.

The screws or bolts 8 are provided in their heads with grooves. to beengaged by the blade of a screw driver, and they are equipped at theirinner ends with nuts 10, provided at their inner faces with grooves orcorrugations 11, which interlock with corresponding grooves orcorrugations 12, of the side portions 5 of thelcorner brace. The groovesor corrugations 12are located above and below the slot 7, and arearranged transversely of the corner brace 4, es clearly shown 1n Fig. 6of the drawings. In prac tice the nuts are screwed on. the inner endsofthe bolts and are interlocked with the side portions of the corner bracebefore the bolts securely fastened together atthe corners of the gravemound. While only a single corner brace is shown in the drawings at eachof the corners of the grave mound yet it will be readily understood thatin practice any number of corner braces may be employed. I q p The frontside-l'of-the grave mound consists of afsing le slab, and't-he rear side2 is.

composed. of .two slabs centrally'connected' byspacedupperr and lowersplice par -1 provided at their; ends' with'longitudinal slots- 14 andsecured-together by bolts or screws 15, equipped with nuts. 16 havinggrooves or corrugations 17 to interlock with transverse grooves orcorrugations 18, ar-

rangedabove and below the slots 14L of the 4 splice bars 13.

plastic material of the slabs.

The heads -f the bolts or screws 15 are arranged in recesses 19, whichare filled with plastic material after the bolts have been tightened;

The sectional slab i2 is ce ly connected with the co "nnous slab 1 meansof an adjustable transverse brace composed of right and left handthreaded rods 20 and 21 and a sleeve 22, having interior right and lefthand screw threads to engage the screw threads of the rods 20 and i l.The outer terminals 23 and 24 are bent at an angle and are embedded inthe plastic material of the slabs. 'hen the terminals of the transversebrace are connect-ed to a sectional slab, as illustrated at one side ofthe grave mound in Fig.3 of the drawings, the terminal portion of thebrace fits in registering grooves of the abutting inner end edges of thesections, and theangularly bent portion is extended into a.recess formedin one of the sections and extending from the said grooves. The rod 21is arranged bet-ween the spacedsplicc bars 13,-and by connecting thesectional slab with the continuous slab, the structure isre ndered rigidand there is no liability of the sectional slab spreading and affectingthe solid character of the grave mound. Although one side slab is showncontinuous and the other sectional, it will be apparent that both side;slabs may be either continuous or sectional as desired.

The grave mound is designed to have embedded in it the letters of anydesired inscription." The letters may be of an suitable material, andemblems and various other ornaments may also be embedded in the Theframe formed by the slabs is designed to be filled with earth, whichforms an inclosed bed for flowers and other plants. V

\Vhatis claifned is 1. A grave mo'undinclhding side and end slabs set atan inclination and fitted together to form an oblong frame, boltsprojecting from the inner faces of the side and end slabs and havingtheir heads embedded in the same, corner braces composed ofspaced sideportions arranged at an angle to each other and set in oppositelyinclined planes and fitted against the inner faces of the side and endslabs, an intermediate angular-1y disposed upwardly tapered portionspanning the corner joints and connecting the said spaced side portions.the latter being also provided with longitudinal slots to receiveprovided with registering grooves. one of the sections being al.-oprovided with a recess extending t'roni the said grooves, spaced upperand lower splice plates tilting against the inner face of the said sidev lab and spanning the joint formed by the section thereof and securedto the same, and a transverse brace extending acrcss the grave mound andhaving one of its terminals arranged between the abutting ends of thesaid section and fitting in the registering grooves and bent at an angleto engage with the said recess. v

| 3. A grave mound consisting of an oblong frame and including a sideslab composed of sections havingabutting end edges. bolts embedded inthe said sections and projecting from the inner faces of the same.spaced upper and lower splice plates titted against the inner faces ofthe said sections and provided with longitudinal slots through which theprojecting portions of the bolts extend, said splice plates having upperand lower grooves or corrugations disposed trans versely of the spliceplates, nutsarranged on the inner ends of the bolts and provided withgrooves or corrugations engaging with the grooves or corrugations of thesplice plates and adjnstablyinterlocking the nuts with thespliceplatesiand a transverse brace extending across the grave mound andpas. ing between the splice plates and secured to the said sections inthe joint formed by the same.

In testimony. that I claim the fi-reg ing as in own, I have heretoatlixed my EIH1I- hire in the prcsenceot' two '\\'lillt t WILLIAM J.EARLY.

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two sections having abutting inner end edges

